How To Draw Like A Disney Animator

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It's not the same exact book as mine, but the same techniques are inside plus more!
Check out this amazing drawing workbook from 1949, where animator Preston Blair shows you how to draw like a Disney artist! Protect your delicate books with these: amzn.to/3c7JskO Be sure to check out the timestamps below for the part that interests you most! 👇
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⏰ Timestamps for this video:
0:00 How To Draw Like A Disney Animator
0:30 Drawing Basic Head Construction
1:15 How To Draw A Stretched Face
1:45 Building A Body From Round Shapes
2:15 Drawing A Skeleton Foundation
2:55 An Example Of My Own Work
3:19 How To Draw Birds
3:55 Drawing An Shifty Character
4:18 How To Draw Goofy Characters
4:35 How To Draw Heavy Characters
5:21 How To Draw Hands
6:20 How To Draw Surprised Characters
6:45 How To Draw A Bouncing Character
8:25 Examples of Walking Characters
8:55 Walking and Running Characters
9:23 How To Draw The Strut
10:15 How To Draw Skipping Characters
11:30 Front And Rear-view Character Examples
12:25 Final Thoughts
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More about this video:
In this video, I walk through the 1949 Animation Workbook by Preston Blair, a former Walt Disney Animator. Inside he shows you processes for drawing heads, faces, expressions, action shots, movement, and plenty of other things when it comes to creating characters. Take a look and maybe find some inspiration for your next character drawings!
#howtodraw #disneyanimation #howtodrawcartoons

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@VincitDesignCo 3 жыл бұрын

Which tutorial in this book is your favorite!? Let me know below! ⏰ Timestamps for this video: 0:30 Drawing Basic Head Construction 1:15 How To Draw A Stretched Face 1:45 Building A Body From Round Shapes 2:15 Drawing A Skeleton Foundation 2:55 An Example Of My Own Work 3:19 How To Draw Birds 3:55 Drawing An Shifty Character 4:18 How To Draw Goofy Characters 4:35 How To Draw Heavy Characters 5:21 How To Draw Hands 6:20 How To Draw Surprised Characters 6:45 How To Draw A Bouncing Character 8:25 Examples of Walking Characters 8:55 Walking and Running Characters 9:23 How To Draw The Strut 10:15 How To Draw Skipping Characters 11:30 Front And Rear-view Character Examples

@showman139 3 жыл бұрын

That is an extraordinary find. However can you draw and animate in the style that it teaches?

@VincitDesignCo 3 жыл бұрын

@@showman139 Hey there! Yes it was quite a great find. I am not much into the animation side of things, but if you pause and screenshot some of the video, you can see that there is a progression to how the drawings are made, and you can start with simple round/organic shapes to make certain parts of your character, then connect those shapes and fill them out!

@madjidchouarbi3921 Жыл бұрын

My favourite exercice is the strut, I did it twice with some extra inbetween for my second try, so the movement was really smooth.

@VincitDesignCo Жыл бұрын

@@madjidchouarbi3921 Nice! Yea there are a lot of really helpful tips in this book, as well as some exercises.

@RobbieMarieVandellandtheFairyT 10 ай бұрын

@@VincitDesignCoall of them!

@RandomToxie Жыл бұрын

That Preston Blair book was one of my dad's most used resources. He animated at Disney from 1977-2002 (Phil Young, you can find him in most of the animated films from that era.)

@VincitDesignCo Жыл бұрын

That's truly amazing! Wow thanks so much for telling me, and for checking out this video. It's definitely a book I cherish. I know he has updated versions (like the one I linked in the description), but this one just has so much character. Super great.

@david_t_nethery_animator Жыл бұрын

I worked with your dad , Phil Young, at Disney and also at Filmation. Phil was one of the great animators who is not as well-known as some others, but he should be ! A great artist and a wonderful human being.

@sampeacaml9307 11 ай бұрын

Wow!

@sampeacaml9307 11 ай бұрын

Wow, please tell me more.@@david_t_nethery_animator

@CBMOA 10 ай бұрын

Preston Blair The man who created the best red haired girl

@superbeegaming3751 3 жыл бұрын

When you fust pulled out that book I went wait a minute isn't that the thing that my dad had in that old box in the attic, sure enough it was the same book lol

@VincitDesignCo 3 жыл бұрын

Haha! Nice! That's great, yea there are quite a many of these, but sometimes they can be hard to find.

@niontric9276 15 күн бұрын

"I'm just doing this so you guys can look at it." THANK YOU!! From a Gen Z-er who has been trying to recreate old Disney with limited true resources in this modern world, I am forever grateful to sharers like you!

@VincitDesignCo 15 күн бұрын

So glad this was helpful for you!

@MPSESRA Жыл бұрын

My grandma had this book and I have it now, she was a head technical drawer for a engineering company and made technical drawings for many power plants around the world.

@VincitDesignCo Жыл бұрын

That's super cool!

@hurdygurdyguy1 10 ай бұрын

Had that “how to” book in high school in the ‘70’s ! Loved it! I still have it in my large library of art books… ❤️

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Yea this book is definitely a treasure to me.

@kevinjones15 10 ай бұрын

I’ve had this book since around 1985. Definitely one of my favorites.

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Yea it's a GEM for sure.

@Residentevil1.5 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! I really want to animate some very short stuff by hand in Disney's old style. This is really helpful.

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like an awesome goal! If you do, def tag me on Instagram so I can see your drawings! @vincitdesignco

@todorokisfavouriteobject9109 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I want to design characters as a job (preferably for Disney) and I was researching about character design and I came across this.

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

@@todorokisfavouriteobject9109 That's so cool! Yes working for Disney would be awesome. I am glad this video helped fuel your inspiration!

@Sketchrcat 10 ай бұрын

I still have that Animation book; I got it as a kid back in the 1960's, for Christmas. Its a great book!

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

That is super cool!

@zachnewby4739 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

Most welcome!

@144wychwood 10 ай бұрын

WOW! I remember getting this book back in the mid 70s. With assistance of my father, I built animation light table from instructions provided in this book. Great memory!

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

That's sooo cool! Thanks for sharing!

@alternateaccess9565 Ай бұрын

I've seen the scans of some of the pages online from this book but always wanted to own a physical copy. Thank you kindly for sharing

@VincitDesignCo Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@guitardoodles7170 10 ай бұрын

This is the book I used to learn how to draw way back

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

That's great!

@ethandoodlez9987 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for this video!!! I found the book on eBay and I sent it to my mom, and now I’m gonna get one for Christmas! IM SO EXCITEDDD.

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

That's so awesome! Hope you enjoy it!

@userone4236 4 ай бұрын

i have this same book now in my hands

@VincitDesignCo 4 ай бұрын

That's great!

@BesferAnimations 10 ай бұрын

That book is gold. And so is your video for showing it. Thanks.

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@anotherlonelychannel2076 3 жыл бұрын

The man cares about a book... Well that's great, and I was pretty interested in the book.

@VincitDesignCo 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes, I definitely want to preserve these older books for as long as possible, they are already quite brittle!

@janot1404 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video man, very direct and informative. Awsome magazine!

@VincitDesignCo 2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@VideoAssaultSaturday Жыл бұрын

I had to buy the updated version last year and just adore it!

@VincitDesignCo Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@douatsophie2213 10 ай бұрын

do you have a link for the updated version ? :)

@ryanhite9537 10 ай бұрын

So cool, I owned this when I was a little boy in the 80s and 90s. I wish I still had it!

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

That's cool! Yea this was a neat little find.

@CookwithJatin 10 ай бұрын

Thank You for sharing

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@kookieforhobi6138 2 жыл бұрын

i have the same book, my dad bought it for me when I was little, sadly the condition is very poor now but all the pages are there! its super helpful

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I'm glad the video was helpful, it's tough to find these in good condition sometimes!

@no288 10 ай бұрын

Wow this takes me back to my animations days in the 80s. I recall most of those pages. I have another one with Preston Blair the front cover is blue and its about 'How To Animate Film Cartoons' I also have a signed copy of The illusion of life by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston who i met back then as well. Fun memories ; )

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

That's amazing! Thanks for watching!

@andrewabasi6436 3 жыл бұрын

I really loved this video. Thanks for making it!

@VincitDesignCo 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Did you have a favorite section in the book?

@tato3513 2 жыл бұрын

Also the gloves like old school Disney😉 I love everything about this video❤️❤️💕

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

Haha well the gloves are meant to protect the pages from the oils on my hands, since it's so old. But you are right! Kind of fits!

@augcanella6498 10 ай бұрын

there was a bunch of those books in my college library, studied it a lot

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

That's awesome!

@tato3513 2 жыл бұрын

Wowwww this is so coool thanks for sharing this with us!!💕💞 words can’t describe how much thankful I am😭❤️

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! So glad you enjoyed it! I love finding old stuff like this and sharing it so that more people can fall in love with it!

@madjidchouarbi3921 2 жыл бұрын

This book is about Tex Avery style of animation rather than disney. But I can swear it has all you need to learn how to animate. For me this book is far better than Eric Goldberg's the animation crash course.

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@pkkingcrimsonrequiem1332 10 ай бұрын

This is actually a revised edition since the original print used model sheets from MGM cartoons of the time (Tom and Jerry, Tex Avery, etc), but once Blair got found out, he got hit with a cease and desist until he decided to trace and replace the likeness of the characters with new, non distinct ones

@hifiunicorn 10 ай бұрын

What a great video. Really enjoyed looking through that

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@siegfriedenea 10 ай бұрын

I had it! ❤❤❤ At the time I was very frustrated because I didn't know English and I thought that in those captions there were spells to draw so well. Thanks mom and dad

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

So cool that you had it!

@Shrek28420 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@bonnieravenstar860 Жыл бұрын

Love this thank you for sharing I love cartooning

@VincitDesignCo Жыл бұрын

So glad you liked it!!

@roboticvisions 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this!

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

You are most welcome!

@andrisyafaatofficialchannel 3 жыл бұрын

I came here because I saw you in Think Media and I think your channel has a lot of potential. I love your content! I am subscribing. Keep it up👍

@VincitDesignCo 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your kind words! Appreciate it!

@Pauly365 9 ай бұрын

I have that book.

@VincitDesignCo 9 ай бұрын

Awesome! It's a great one.

@mybrass41 6 ай бұрын

Thx, just bought one!!

@VincitDesignCo 6 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@louielooyi Жыл бұрын

Never thought there will be a book to teach how to draw Disney style like this 😆 Is there a similar one for ghibli? 🤣

@VincitDesignCo Жыл бұрын

That would be amazing! Now I'm going to look for a Ghibli style one haha. I love that drawing style and those are some of my favorite movies!

@louielooyi Жыл бұрын

@@VincitDesignCo Please go for it cant wait for that unboxing video 😂

@hurdygurdyguy1 10 ай бұрын

There was an explosion of “how to draw in anime-style” books about 10 - 15 years ago…

@英雄之剑 4 ай бұрын

omg i have this book!

@VincitDesignCo 4 ай бұрын

That's so cool!

@arielruh7773 Жыл бұрын

I think i need that book

@VincitDesignCo Жыл бұрын

I linked his most recent updated one! You can check it out.

@mattski1979 10 ай бұрын

Dude, that's insane. Sick score. Thumbsed upped and subscribed.

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

Yes! Definitely a prized possession.

@MichaelCarter 10 ай бұрын

I used it and others like it teaching art in the 90s

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

That's awesome!

@gr33n_d33r 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, you are very professional yet so underrated! I hope youll blow up soon on youtube!

@VincitDesignCo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words!

@user-ql6up9ev5j 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this i want to be a Disney animator when I'm older.

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! That is a great goal. Hope you get there!

@chrissystewart6268 9 ай бұрын

That's my goal because I want my own Animation company

@VincitDesignCo 9 ай бұрын

That's awesome!! Well best of luck to you!

@hiridavidfeign 10 ай бұрын

For decades this was THE manual for animators. I mean THE manual, there were virtually no other instruction books available until The Art of Animation came out.

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

For sure! It's amazing how detailed each little piece of the sketch is.

@user-kz7fj3cd7c 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I want one!!!

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

I think you can still find these online and in various antique stores! I think you can grab one for around 10 to 15 dollars U.S.

@user-kz7fj3cd7c 2 жыл бұрын

@@VincitDesignCo Thank you I found a similar one by the same author online 😃😃

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-kz7fj3cd7c Great!!

@p0p525 10 ай бұрын

This feels more warners than disney but still very cool

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it.

@volespirit247 17 күн бұрын

I have a copy of those.

@VincitDesignCo 15 күн бұрын

Nice!

@aldairartsandgamingenglish 10 ай бұрын

I have the GYM tomorrow at 6 am and go out at 9 am, afternoons watching KZfaq at 6:30 pm and 11 pm go out to sleep in bed. I want to see in KZfaq 👀❤️‍🔥

@namlex4483 2 жыл бұрын

ok wished i asked for this for christmas

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

You can find the book online I'm sure! Check on Ebay. I've seen some there for cheap.

@Magnetic275 6 ай бұрын

I had this book shame i dont have anymore

@VincitDesignCo 6 ай бұрын

Grab a new copy!

@alexG7523 3 жыл бұрын

It would be reeeeeally kind from you if you could create a pdf with all the pics of the pages and then upload it in the description😁

@VincitDesignCo 3 жыл бұрын

Haha as long as that is legal I would be glad to do so! I'll look into that

@markb.8460 3 жыл бұрын

summer child, try to google it, you might find it

@hdsandtoes5211 3 жыл бұрын

www.welcometopixelton.com/downloads/Animation%20by%20Preston%20Blair.pdf This one is a PDF of the book, but it's a little blurry. I'll update it if I find one that is less blurry!

@VincitDesignCo 3 жыл бұрын

@@hdsandtoes5211 Oh wow! Where exactly did you find that? Can you give me the original housing link? I'm not sure how they are allowed to do this unless Disney has allowed it to be free. From my research I can't find anywhere that it is part of the Public Domain Yet because it's not old enough. And unfortunately, many of Disney's assets will never be public domain if they are original characters drawn by animators.

@dontplayourself1 3 жыл бұрын

@@hdsandtoes5211 klutchhh

@kellyschmader213 2 жыл бұрын

I still have that book!

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

You have this one here in print!?

@kellyschmader213 2 жыл бұрын

@@VincitDesignCo I still have my copy that was given to me as a gift years ago, yes :)

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

@@kellyschmader213 That's super cool! Yes I have gained so much inspiration from it, super cool.

@Khultan 10 ай бұрын

I had that long time ago, last century 1977.

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

Nice! Yea I am super glad I got to find an original copy, despite the scribbles on it.

@Khultan 10 ай бұрын

@@VincitDesignCo You are very lucky, indeed. I had this material in my hands bought at a retail business called VALUE GIANT long out of business in San Francisco. It was on a magazine rack with other similar items which by the way is where I also coincidentally picked up my very first copy of John Byrne's Charleton Comics Doomsday Plus One. I was around eight years old in 1977.

@coolhumantiktok6655 2 жыл бұрын

1000. Subscriber!!

@VincitDesignCo 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! that really means a lot!! Cheers

@Halovian_ Жыл бұрын

3:37 when I draw my bird charectar, reg I do this weird wing thing with two fingers lol

@VincitDesignCo Жыл бұрын

Interesting!

@pamelajohnson8044 10 ай бұрын

MEMORIES

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

For sure!

@rachelsremedies2602 10 ай бұрын

Wow I can get a job as an Illustrator! 😱😎😎😱

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

With practice, I absolutely believe so.

@eterno1610 10 ай бұрын

This book looks more like Warner Brothers than Disney.

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

A lot of animators hopped around.

@bobbystandridge9668 2 жыл бұрын

i have that book

@VincitDesignCo Жыл бұрын

Nice! It's a great one!

@Neil__Craig 10 ай бұрын

Yes hands are so difficult 😂

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

For sure!

@johnylitalo4163 5 күн бұрын

Was Tom and Jerry in the Preston Blair style?

@VincitDesignCo 12 сағат бұрын

Very similar for sure!

@RobinZeg 10 ай бұрын

I don’t understand why you got a 1940s edition of this? You can get a new printing at Blick.

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

I have his newest edition of this, which is also linked in the description. But this one is pretty much antique now, so it's cool to have for the novelty.

@doodle_alchemy 8 ай бұрын

Which one do you have now and which one do you prefer?

@Ghggj-pj2mu Жыл бұрын

Hi I'm danny

@VincitDesignCo Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@onlyuriew 10 ай бұрын

@4:37: Why am I reminded of an Eminem movie rap when I see this?

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

No clue!

@AarondeTodo 7 ай бұрын

Looks like looney tunes animation

@VincitDesignCo 7 ай бұрын

There are a ton of similarities, and a lot of the animators I believe worked at multiple studios.

@CoOp_Art 10 ай бұрын

This book is still sold…….

@VincitDesignCo 10 ай бұрын

Yep, you can either find copies of the original on Ebay or in antique stores, or you can purchase the newest edition I linked up in the description.

@SnepperStepTV 4 ай бұрын

For meaning to have viewers stop the video and take screen shots there sure wasn't a lot of opportunities without your left hand in the way and/or your right casting a shadow. The later pages shown weren't even all the way in frame. Good first effort i suppose, but i'm still going to have to get a real copy of the book to actually see it. I don't like the "fancy programs"....

@VincitDesignCo 4 ай бұрын

Yea, this was literally just me showing a cool find. The updated version of that book, by the same author, is linked in the description if you'd like it. :)

@jerrydragonbunny8508 3 жыл бұрын

Why do you need gloves?

@VincitDesignCo 3 жыл бұрын

Great question! You certainly don't have to use gloves, but I want to preserve the pages for as long as possible, and since these pages are very old and brittle, the oils on your fingers can damage the paper further and make them wither faster, so a pair of cotton serving gloves will make sure no oil get's on the paper!

@whimsyspopit 3 жыл бұрын

@@VincitDesignCo legend

@hingedelephant Жыл бұрын

The Royal Society has taken a different approach to handling archived books. They no longer wear gloves. They found they did more damage to the pages when fumbling with gloves. They no longer wear gloves when handling books and manuscripts.

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 9 ай бұрын

This CLICK BAIT. You said that YOU were going to teach us how to draw a Disney animater... 🤨

@VincitDesignCo 9 ай бұрын

This book will show you how to do it. The thumbnail is literally a screenshot from the book, so that there is no wondering about what you are going to see. Sorry if it was unhelpful to you, but Preston Blairs latest edition to this book is available for purchase, and it is absolutely helpful for achieving the style of old Disney animators.